Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently reported an alarming increase in the number of Chikungunya cases throughout the Caribbean. While ...
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With Sony Online Entertainment releasing its much anticipated Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) zombie game H1Z1, we’d like to tell you the REAL facts behind the ...
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The mind boggles! If only it were true. The Asylum, producers of the schlocky Syfy hit Sharknado have been tapped to take on a new ...
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Scientists have discovered a new type of virus in 30,000-year-old permafrost and managed to resurrect it, producing an infection. In December of last year, we ...
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Science writer and blogger Kyle Hill recently explored the unusual virology of The Walking Dead in a fascinating new article for Discover Magazine. And his ...
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Biology professor Ken Stedman and graduate student James Laidler at Portland State University have recently discovered a new technique to preserve viruses in a state ...
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Reported by the National Science Foundation, researchers at Rutgers University discovered how RNA viruses are able to replicate, which could eventually lead to a cure. ...
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